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Typical patterns on pottery in the Art Deco style. (here on a mantel clock) | Clocks447 of 1734 |  |  |
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Posted 11 months ago
Berliner
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This form of decoration came from Germany and is called "Spritzdekor" With a template and a spray gun, the pattern is applied.
The most of this came in the late twenties, early thirties years.
Many more you can see at my website.
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love your Spritzdekor collection - I saw quite a bit of this pottery at the Museum der Dinge in Berlin last summer. Fascinating designs!
Is it German?
I recently found out there is a museum in Brussels completely devoted to this kind of mantlepiece clock sets:
http://www.clockarium.info/index.htm
This special typs of clocks are co-productions of BIHL-LADOWITZ (today in czech republic) -pottery- and the clockwork mechanism came mostly from Belgium.
In France and Belgium, they were very popular.
Fabulous! I love them!
Love the paint, very Jazz deco. I used to have an art magazine from Berlin that was from 1930 and it had the best deco I have ever seen, so fascinating !~Phil.
Season's Greetings to you and Yours, Berliner!